Salmon Farming

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The deal enabling SalMar ASA to buy and merge with fellow salmon farming company Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) was approved at an extraordinary general meeting of the former on 30 June…

5th July 2022

Salmon merger finalised

5th July 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Cermaq Canada has become the first company to utilise new forecasting tools in the proprietary SaaS platform SeaState developed by California ocean analytics firm Scoot Science. Cermaq is also the…

5th July 2022

Cermaqs new forecast tech

5th July 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Japanese seafood firms Mitsubishi Corporation and Maruha Nichiro Corporation have agreed to establish a new joint-venture company, Atland Corporation, that will specialise in the land-based production of salmon.

4th July 2022

New Japan salmon venture

4th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Australian aquaculture firm Tassal Group Ltd has confirmed that it has rejected of a conditional proposal from Cooke Inc to acquire 100% of Tassal’s ordinary shares for a cash consideration of AUD…

29th June 2022

Tassal rebuffs Cooke

29th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has announced a two-year renewal of licences for marine finfish aquaculture facilities outside the Discovery Islands in British Columbia, (BC) Canada.

27th June 2022

BC licences renewed

27th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Andfjord Salmon released smolt in its first land-based pool at Kvalnes, Andøya, Norway, on 25 June, the company has confirmed.

27th June 2022

Successful smolt release

27th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Investment holding company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (GBL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Owen Capital Sàrl, has sold 18,113,207 shares in salmon farming giant Mowi ASA.

22nd June 2022

18m Mowi shares sold

22nd June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Portugal-based international food industry group Jerónimo Martins has confirmed it is to invest NOK 173.9 million in Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon.

22nd June 2022

Major investor for Andfjord

22nd June 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of a new semi-hybrid powered workboat specially designed to service larger pens and nets at its west coast of Scotland marine farms.

16th June 2022

Farmers new semi-hybrid

16th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan hf has reached an agreement to purchase over 34% of the shares in salmon farming company Arctic Fish Holding AS for almost NOK 1.1 billion.

13th June 2022

Arctic Fish nets new shareholder

13th June 2022